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.IX Title "String::HexConvert 3pm"
.TH String::HexConvert 3pm "2021-01-06" "perl v5.32.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
String::HexConvert \- Converts ascii strings to hex and reverse
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\& use String::HexConvert \*(Aq:all\*(Aq;
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\& print ascii_to_hex("hello world"); # writes: 68656c6c6f20776f726c64
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\& print hex_to_ascii("68656c6c6f20776f726c64"); # writes: hello world
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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It is a wrapper around pack and unpack of perl to convert a string of hex digits
to ascii and other way around.
.SH "REQUIRES"
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Exporter
.SH "METHODS"
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.SS "ascii_to_hex"
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\& my $hex = ascii_to_hex($ascii);
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Converts a string to pairs of hex digits
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\& my $ascii = hex_to_ascii($hex);
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Converts pairs of hex digits to asci
.SH "WHY?"
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In know the comments like \*(L"is that realy needed?\*(R". \s-1IMHO\s0 yes, because I forget the 
exact syntax and possibilities of pack and unpack but hex_to_ascii tells me directly
what pack \*(L"H*\*(R" does.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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pack, unpack, Data::Translate
.SH "AUTHOR"
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Andreas Hernitscheck  ahernit(\s-1AT\s0)cpan.org
.SH "LICENSE"
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You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the conditions of \s-1LGPL.\s0